16 Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Scandals
By Tom Elliott
                
            Contributors: 2
                    Items: 16
                | Summary | Date | Source | 
|---|---|---|
| After Congress failed to confirm Richard Cordrary to the CFPD, Obama unconstitutionally appointed him to the board anyway. | 01/20/2010 | The Daily Signal | 
| The CFPB collects intrusive data on consumers in an NSA-like dragnet fashion. | 06/11/2013 | The Daily Signal | 
| The CFPB's warrantless surveillance of Americans is creating data that will likely be shared with other parts of the federal government. | 06/28/2013 | Judicial Watch | 
| The CFPB, considered both the most powerful yet least acccountable agency in the government, is intent on keeping things that way. When a congressman attempted attending an advisory meeting, he was refused entry. | 03/20/2014 | National Review Online | 
| The CFPB's performance reviews have been called racist, as whites were twice as like to receive a top rating than minorities. | 03/24/2014 | The Washington Free Beacon | 
| The CFPB has a socialist on one of its advisory boards. | 04/02/2014 | The Washington Free Beacon | 
| A CFPB staffer said racism is pervasive within the agency; a primarily black division is referred to internally as "the plantation" or "cesspool" and that black employees struggle to leave that division. | 04/02/2014 | Politico | 
| When the House held a hearing on accusations of racism and bigotry within the CFPB, the bureau refused to send anyone to testify. | 04/02/2014 | Politico | 
| When a CFPB staffer/whistleblower spoke out about "pervasive" culture of intimidation and discrimination, the CFPB Director Richard Cordray personally told her to "back down." | 04/03/2014 | The Washington Free Beacon | 
| CFPB spent more than $215 million renovating its temporary office ($120 million over its initial estimate), making it one of the most expensive construction projects in the world. | 07/02/2014 | The Financial Services Committee | 
| The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFPB is unconstitutionally structured and violates due process rights. Obama had argued otherwise. | 10/12/2016 | The Washington Post | 
| CFPB chief Richard Cordrary used a private device to conduct government-related communications while skirting federal record keeping laws. | 01/23/2017 | The Daily Caller | 
| Obama's top campaign ad firm received nearly $60 million in federal contracts, almost all of which came from the CFPB he setup with Sen. Elizabeth Warren | 09/14/2017 | The Daily Caller | 
| CFPB was hacked hundreds of times, risking exposing Americans' sensitive financial data | 04/12/2018 | The Washington Free Beacon | 
| The CFPB collected Americans' financial data without permission, putting it in databases that were later hacked | 04/21/2018 | NY Post | 
| The CFPB's Richard Cordray directed $44 million in government contracts to his campaign's media firm | 09/13/2018 | Associated Press | 
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